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TACO Game Theory — Trump Always Chickens Out

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Key Insight: TACO is not a literal game but a strategic behavioral model reflecting how unpredictable leadership can create exploitable patterns in financial markets.

TACO in game theory primarily refers to the “Trump Always Chickens Out” (TACO) theory, a meme-based investment and political strategy concept. It describes a pattern where former U.S. President Donald Trump makes aggressive policy announcements—such as imposing high tariffs or threatening military actions—only to reverse course when markets react negatively, often leading to a rebound in stock prices. This behavior creates a predictable market expectation: buy assets when Trump makes a threatening move, as the market will likely recover after he “chickens out.”

This theory is rooted in game theory, where both Trump and financial markets are seen as players in a strategic interaction. If markets know Trump will back down, they may not panic—yet a small initial reaction is necessary for him to receive the signal that his actions are destabilizing. As noted by Nate Silver, this creates a mixed-strategy equilibrium: Trump must sometimes follow through on threats to maintain credibility, while markets must react to some degree to signal their concerns.

Recent developments (as of March 2026) suggest the TACO theory has become more viral, potentially leading Trump to stick to more extreme positions to prove he isn’t bluffing, increasing market volatility. The concept has been analyzed in financial media, including Bloomberg and the Financial Times, and is often linked to the broader “Trump Put” idea—where markets assume he will intervene to stabilize the economy.

Joe Kent Reveals All in First Interview Since Resigning as Trump’s Counterterrorism Director

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At 1:25.00, Kent forays into the Butler assassination attempt on Trump and the UVU successful murder of Charlie Kirk. He raises the suspicion of ‘dark’ Israeli influence over Trump and Trump’s justifiable fear that they may try to kill him as they may have in Butler. Regarding Kirk, Kent points out how even asking questions about who killed Kirk or how it was done are prohibited by officials and controlled media. Kent also says the investigation into Kirk’s murder, which Kent was a part of, was shut down by Kash Patel. ABN

JD Vance at center of stunning Iran war rupture after secret meeting with spy boss

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Before Donald Trump’s top spy chief submitted his stunning resignation over the Iran war, he had secretly confided his plans to his closest political ally, JD Vance.

Joe Kent quit as Trump’s director of the National Counterterrorism Center on Tuesday in protest over the Iran war, accusing Israel of pressuring the US into a conflict he says was built on lies.

Kent, a close political ally of Vance and Tulsi Gabbard, presented his resignation letter to the Vice President 24 hours before dramatically stepping down from the administration.

‘The VP encouraged him to speak to White House chief of staff and Trump before making any final decisions,’ said a White House official. ‘The VP encouraged him to be respectful to POTUS.’ 

Following the meeting, Kent issued a blistering resignation that claimed Trump was tricked into striking Iran ‘due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,’ adding: ‘I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war.’

Kent accused the President of reneging on the non-interventionist principles he campaigned on.

Gabbard was present during Kent’s in-person resignation to Vance, according to the Washington Post. 

It is unclear if Vance warned other members of the administration about Kent’s plan to discredit Trump’s war during his resignation. 

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Trump is the incompetent one on this issue. He is either a liar, a crypto Jewish Supremist, a deep pragmatist with an ace in the hole (not likely) or something else. He is still our president and I hope he handles this much better going forward. To all appearances and evidence, he has made a huge mess which will be very expensive for USA in reputation and wealth. The good side of this is many more people are becoming aware of the deep stranglehold Jewish Supremists hold on USA and the West. ABN

Trump’s top counterintelligence official resigns in protest over Iran war

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Donald Trump‘s top counterterrorism official has resigned in protest over the Iran war, accusing Israel of pressuring the US into a conflict he says was built on lies.

Joseph Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said Iran posed no imminent threat and the war was started ‘due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,’ adding: ‘I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war.’ 

Kent, who served under Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, accused the President of reneging on the non-interventionist principles he campaigned on.

‘Until June of 2025, you understood that the wars in the Middle East were a trap that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation,’ the former Army Special Forces soldier wrote in his resignation letter.

‘The time for bold action is now. You can reverse course and chart a new path for our nation, or you can allow us to slip further toward decline and chaos. You hold the cards.’ 

Trump’s top counterterrorism official has resigned in protest over the Iran war, accusing Israel and its ‘powerful American lobby’ of pressuring the US into a conflict he says was built on lies

Kent, who deployed to combat 11 times and lost his wife Shannon in what he calls a war manufactured by Israel, is closely aligned with the populist ‘America First’ wing of the Trump administration, including Gabbard and Vice President JD Vance, who have both warned against new Middle East entanglements. 

His resignation lays bare a widening split inside Trumpworld. Kent accused high-ranking Israeli officials and members of the American media of running a ‘misinformation campaign’ to deceive the President into believing Iran posed an imminent threat, drawing a direct parallel to the lead-up to the Iraq war. 

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This is a major upside of this war for Israel — every day more Americans become aware of the danger of Jewish Supremist infiltration throughout our government and society; their bribery, blackmail and murder. Trump’s cabinet have all bowed and scraped before the Jewish Supremists. A possible good side of that is at least some of them are covert true patriots waiting for right conditions to disarm JS power over USA. ABN

Trump appoints Erika Kirk to Air Force Academy board

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President Donald Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to fill a seat on the Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors.

Charlie Kirk, the founder of conservative group Turning Point USA, was a member of the Board of Visitors and attended a meeting before his assassination in September.

His wife, Erika Kirk has taken over has CEO of Turning Point USA since his death. The group says it has more than 800 chapters on college campuses nationwide. It also hosted the alternative half-time show during the Super Bowl featuring Kid Rock.

As a Board of Visitors member, Erika Kirk is one of 16 members responsible for making recommendations to the Secretary of Defense about changes at the Air Force Academy. The board also includes members of Congress including 5th Congressional District Rep. Jeff Crank of Colorado Springs along with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Chairman Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, among others.

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Prayer over Trump at White House today

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UPDATE: Almost all humans become slaves to their metacognitive content, whatever that may be. In the video above, all participants are beholding (or pretending to behold) Jesus as the top of their metacognitive content. In Iran, political leaders are beholding something else at the top of their metacognitive content. In Israel, leaders are beholding something else. All three of these religions sprang from an inchoate Abrahamic tradition. Among these three, there are numerous further divisions and subdivisions. I believe there is not a single Catholic in the room above. Prayer is good and I am glad they are praying. I am not trying to dump on anyone, but do want to mention that Buddhism is different from all other religions in that it enjoins us (more or less) to not behold, or hold, anything at the top of our metacognitive content. This is the area the Buddha refused to describe, define or answer questions about. Why is that? It is because reifying top metacognitive content, holding it as absolute truth, is to retreat from its true reality; believing you absolutely know what God wants, however you put that, is a hindrance to fully experiencing Ultimate Reality, which you can call God if you want. The Buddha did not even use the term Ultimate Reality. He left the top metacognitive category blank, to be filled only by your own individual experience. For the fun of it, no matter how you see yourself, try throwing all of it out, leaving nothing at the top of your metacognition — no content, no identity, no self, no pride, no gods, no Buddha. Then go outside and walk around. Notice how easy it is to function perfectly well after replacing your habitual metacognitive prison with pure experience. ABN

U.S. Confirms Loss of Three F-15E Fighters During Attacks on Iran: Claims of Friendly Fire in Doubt

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The United States Central Command has confirmed that three U.S. Air Force F-15E long range fighters were shot down over Kuwait on March 1, following multiple unconfirmed repots of shootdowns, and the subsequent release of footage showing one of the aircraft falling in flames in an uncontrolled spiral over Kuwaiti skies.

“At 11:03 p.m. ET, March 1, three U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles flying in support of Operation Epic Fury went down over Kuwait due to an apparent friendly fire incident… During active combat—that included attacks from Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles, and drones — the U.S. Air Force fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defences,” the Command reported.

Claims that the aircraft were shot down by Kuwaiti forces, rather than by hostile air defences in Iran or Iraq, having been bought to serious question. 

F-15E and F-15E Crashing Over Kuwait

With Kuwait employing exclusively NATO standard air defence systems and fighter aircraft, modern identification friend or foe systems leave only a minimal possibility of shooting down friendly fighter aircraft, fuelling speculation that claims that the aircraft were shot down by friendly forces may be an attempt to deny Iran credit for what would be one of the most signifiant air defence operations in recent decades

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Inside Epstein’s Zorro Ranch ‘where paedophile looked to carry out human experiments and create super-race breeding facility’ and ‘buried girls who were strangled during sex’

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Jeffrey Epstein‘s sprawling Zorro Ranch has long been reported to have served as one of his private playgrounds for sexual abuse and trafficking.

From looking to carry out human experiments, create a super-race breeding facility using his DNA, and even allegedly burying the bodies of girls who had been strangled to death during ‘rough, fetish sex’, victims have long said the property in New Mexico has been overlooked by authorities.

The 7,500-acre estate, also referred to as the Playboy Ranch, has come under intense recent scrutiny after it made thousands of appearances in the disturbing Epstein files, released by the US Department of Justice on January 30.

Investigators previously searched Epstein’s New York and Palm Beach homes, his island, and even his Paris apartment. But no formal raid is believed to have ever taken place at Zorro Ranch.

This is despite allegations that the paedophile had planned to seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating women at the ranch and had three computer rooms the ‘size of houses’ where he would spy on his famous guests. 

On multiple occasions beginning in the early 2000s, Epstein allegedly told scientists and businessmen about his ambitions to use the enormous property as a base where women would be inseminated with his sperm and give birth to his babies.

It was also alleged that Epstein’s disturbing goal was to have 20 women at a time impregnated at Zorro Ranch. 

The person who sent the email alleged the girls were buried on the orders of Epstein and ‘Madam G’, believed to be Ghislaine Maxwell

The email, sent on November 21, 2019 to Eddy Aragon, was forward to the FBI

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More signs of a planned gradual release of evidence and, one hopes, many other crimes and infiltrations related to Epstein. How high it goes, we shall see. Linked article above is a decent overview of Zorro Ranch. ABN

Bombshell report says Epstein stashed photos and hard drives in a half dozen storage units around US

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Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein hid hard drives and photos from authorities in multiple storage lockers across the country, a report said. 

The pedophile rented at least six units, the majority of which were in Florida, paying thousands between 2003 and 2019, according to an investigation by The Telegraph. 

The lockers remained uncovered by US authorities, suggesting they held never-before-seen evidence in Epstein’s long string of horrific crimes.

The outlet obtained files and credit card statements detailing Epstein’s various secret hiding places for computers, CDs, pictures and files. 

His lockers could point to answers after authorities long suspected that Epstein received insider information about raids of his properties. 

Former Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter told NBC that during a 2005 search, the sex offender’s place ‘had been cleaned up.’

Epstein allegedly recruited detectives to move documents, photographs and computers to one of his multiple storage lockers.

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This looks like a signal we are going to get more files with deeper information. I see a lot of what has happened with the Epstein files as planned releases to prepare the public for something much bigger. Same could be said for the healthcare scams and states-level corruption being a leadup to exposing federal corruption and election fraud. Maybe I am dreaming but worth keeping this in mind. I also am hopeful Trump will not ignite WW3 in Iran even though he is under enormous pressure from Jewish Supremists to do just that. ABN

Three Justices WARN Majority Is Handcuffing President Trump’s Ability to Fight Foreign Threats

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…Three lone voices of sanity, Justices Kavanaugh, Thomas, and Alito, issued a blistering dissent, warning that this decision creates a “mess” of biblical proportions for the U.S. Treasury and leaves our national security vulnerable to foreign threats.

These justices called out the decision as a dangerous power grab by the judiciary, ignoring historical precedents and the clear intent of Congress to empower the President in times of emergency.

President Trump, shortly after reclaiming the White House in 2025, declared national emergencies over the “public health crisis” caused by illegal drugs pouring in from Canada, Mexico, and China, and the “hollowing out” of American manufacturing due to massive trade deficits.

Using IEEPA, a law passed in 1977 to give presidents tools to fight foreign threats, he slapped tariffs on imports: 25% on most Canadian and Mexican goods, 10% on Chinese products for the drug war, and at least 10% on ALL imports from trading partners to fix the trade imbalance.

Small businesses and deep-state allies sued, and today the Court sided with them, claiming IEEPA’s language to “regulate… importation” doesn’t include tariffs because it’s not “clear congressional authorization.”

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